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Ruth's journey : the authorized novel of Mammy from Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind / by McCaig, Donald.; Mitchell, Margaret,1900-1949.Gone with the wind.;
"Authorized by the Margaret Mitchell Estate, here is the first-ever prequel to one of the most beloved and bestselling novels of all time, Gone with the Wind. The critically acclaimed author of Rhett Butler's People magnificently recounts the life of Mammy, one of literature's greatest supporting characters, from her days as a slave girl to the outbreak of the Civil War. "Her story began with a miracle." On the Caribbean island of Saint Domingue, an island consumed by the flames of revolution, a senseless attack leaves only one survivor--an infant girl. She falls into the hands of two French emigres, Henri and Solange Fournier, who take the beautiful child they call Ruth to the bustling American city of Savannah. What follows is the sweeping tale of Ruth's life as shaped by her strong-willed mistress and other larger-than-life personalities she encounters in the South: Jehu Glen, a free black man with whom Ruth falls madly in love; the shabbily genteel family that first hires Ruth as Mammy; Solange's daughter Ellen and the rough Irishman, Gerald O'Hara, whom Ellen chooses to marry; the Butler family of Charleston and their shocking connection to Mammy Ruth; and finally Scarlett O'Hara--the irrepressible Southern belle Mammy raises from birth. As we witness the difficult coming of age felt by three generations of women, gifted storyteller Donald McCaig reveals a portrait of Mammy that is both nuanced and poignant, at once a proud woman and a captive, and a strict disciplinarian who has never experienced freedom herself. But despite the cruelties of a world that has decreed her a slave, Mammy endures, a rock in the river of time. She loves with a ferocity that would astonish those around her if they knew it. And she holds tight even to those who have been lost in the ravages of her days. Set against the backdrop of the South from the 1820s until the dawn of the Civil War, here is a remarkable story of fortitude, heartbreak, and indomitable will--and a tale that will forever illuminate your reading of Margaret Mitchell's unforgettable classic, Gone with the Wind"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Women slaves;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The crowning glory of Calla Lily Ponder : a novel / by Wells, Rebecca,1952-;
Subjects: Family; Mothers and daughters; Women;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Sweet Bird of Youth. by Brooks, Richard,film director.; Begley, Ed,actor.; Page, Geraldine,actor.; Dunnock, Mildred,actor.; Newman, Paul,actor.; Torn, Rip,actor.; Knight, Shirley,actor.; Warner Bros. (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ed Begley, Geraldine Page, Mildred Dunnock, Paul Newman, Rip Torn, Shirley KnightOriginally produced by Warner Bros. in 1962.Paul Newman stars as the handsome, ambitious and ruthless young gigolo who pays a visit to his small hometown in the company of an aging film star in this film version of Tennessee Williams' play.In his quest to become a movie star, Chance Wayne (Newman) will use anyone--the girlfriend he left behind and the actress who pays for the affection of a handsome young man. But when Chance comes home, his good looks may not protect him from the wrath of the people he has hurt.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Romance.; Motion Pictures.; Southern States.; Nineteen sixties.;
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Conjure women : a novel / by Atakora, Afia,author.;
Conjure Women is a sweeping story that brings the world of the South before and after the Civil War vividly to life. Spanning eras and generations, it tells of the lives of three unforgettable women: Miss May Belle, a wise healing woman; her precocious and observant daughter Rue, who is reluctant to follow in her mother's footsteps as a midwife; and their master's daughter Varina. The secrets and bonds among these women and their community come to a head at the beginning of a war and at the birth of an accursed child, who sets the townspeople alight with fear and a spreading superstition that threatens their newly won, tenuous freedom. Magnificently written, brilliantly researched, richly imagined, Conjure Women moves back and forth in time to tell the haunting story of Rue, Varina, and May Belle, their passions and friendships, and the lengths they will go to save themselves and those they love.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; African Americans; Mothers and daughters; Plantation life; Race relations;
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Go set a watchman / by Lee, Harper,author.;
Twenty years after the trial of Tom Robinson, Scout returns home to Maycomb to visit her father and struggles with personal and political issues as her small Alabama town adjusts to the turbulent events beginning to transform the United States in the mid-1950s.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Fathers and daughters; Race relations;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The passenger [text (large print)] / by McCarthy, Cormac,1933-author.;
In 1980 Pass Christian, Mississippi, salvage diver Bobby Western, after a plane crash, discovers that the pilot's flight bag, the plane's black box and the tenth passenger are missing, submerging him in a conspiracy beyond his understanding as he is shadowed in body and spirit by the past and present.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Large type books.; Novels.; Aircraft accidents; Conspiracies; Divers; Siblings;
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The passenger / by McCarthy, Cormac,1933-author.;
"The best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road returns with the first of a two-volume masterpiece: The Passenger is the story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Aircraft accidents; Conspiracies; Divers; Siblings;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The passenger [sound recording] / by McCarthy, Cormac,1933-author.; Whelan, Julia,1984-narrator.; Andrews, MacLeod,narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by MacLeod Andrews, Julia Whelan."The best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road returns with the first of a two-volume masterpiece: The Passenger is the story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Psychological fiction.; Aircraft accidents; Conspiracies; Divers; Siblings;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Little white lies / by Barnes, Jennifer(Jennifer Lynn);
Eighteen-year-old Sawyer accepts her estranged grandmother's bribe to live with her for a year, participate in the debutante season and ball, and possibly meet the father she has never known.LSC
Subjects: Debutantes; Grandmothers; Mothers and daughters; Families; Identity (Psychology);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Pioneer Woman Cooks - The Essential Recipes : 125 Greatest Hits, New Twists, and Perfected Classics. by Drummond, Ree.;
Ree Drummond's new cookbook features tested, perfected versions of her all-time favourite, most crowd-pleasing, and timelessly popular recipes - the classics that families turn to every day and year after year.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: COOKING / Comfort Food; COOKING / Regional & Cultural / American / Southern States; COOKING / Regional & Cultural / American / Southwestern States;
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